Colour Mixing for Absolute Beginner Painters

An introduction to primary colours and small sketches done with primary colours

A colour wheel with secondary colours and an overview of how to mix secondary colours.

An overview of what tertiary colours are and how they are mixed.

Part 1 of 2  The video was too long so I broke it up into two parts.  This part is an introduction to what complementary colors are.

The second part of Complementary colours; the video on how to use complementary colours to create the best effect in your paintings. Choosing colours is important and we discuss why this is. 

Hue and value are defined and explained.

The difference between warm and cool colours is explained.

The terms high key and low key are defined and explained.

Neutrals are explained in simple terms here.

A repeat of the earlier video just so you don't forget these tips.

Monochrome is a term that is not explained much.  Here it is explained and a video shows how to do this.

An introduction to tints and shades.  The videos were too long so they are separated into part 1, 2 and 3.

Tints are explained and a video with sample sketches is included.

Shades are explained and a video using shades gives you examples.

A summary of what was learned and a message.